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MillerKnoll Champions the Pursuit of Knowledge with Major Sponsorship of Black History Month Essay Contest

With a shared passion for education and community development, MillerKnoll has stepped forward as a significant sponsor for the annual Black History Month Essay Contest, underpinning the Kids Free Trip to Africa Program. WUVS 103.7 The Beat has joined forces with the Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System (MHPSAS), revered alumni, and the erudite author Tracee Bruce, to catalyze a meaningful dialogue among the young minds of Muskegon Heights. This essay contest, exclusively for juniors and seniors at MHPSAS, nudges […]

todayFebruary 8, 2024

Systems That Shape(d) Black America: 40 Mini Lessons Outlining Defining Moments from Slavery to Modern Day

African American Culture

The Kids Free Trip to Africa Program Announces Black History Month Essay Contest

WUVS 103.7 The Beat in Partnership with Local Education and Alumni Celebrates Black History through a Unique Contest WUVS 103.7 The Beat, in collaboration with the Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System (MHPSAS), distinguished Muskegon Heights alumni, and author Tracee Bruce, have unveiled an exciting Black History Month Essay Contest exclusively for the juniors and seniors of MHPSAS. Students will engage with Tracee Bruce's seminal work, "Systems That Shape(d) Black America: 40 Mini Lessons Outlining Defining Moments from Slavery to […]

todayFebruary 3, 2024

Education

NFL Announces Nominees for 2023 Don Shula High School Coach of the Year Award

Muskegon Big Reds Football Coach Shane Fairfield nominated for the 2023 Don Shula High School Coach of the Year NFL Announces Nominees for 2023 Don Shula High School Coach of the Year AwardNEW YORK — Jan. 4, 2024 — The NFL announced today the high school football coaches nominated by the 32 NFL teams for the 2023 Don Shula High School Coach of the Year Award, representing the best in coaching at the high school level. These coaches were recognized by their local NFL clubs […]

todayJanuary 4, 2024 1

Education

Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame Holiday Basketball Classic 

“Fundraiser Features Plenty of Basketball Star Power” MUSKEGON, Mich., December 21, 2023 – The Muskegon Area Sports Hall of Fame Holiday Basketball Classic is a Christmas holiday tradition for basketball fans in West Michigan. The Hall of Fame Holiday Basketball Classic will be held at Reeths-Puffer High School on Wednesday, December, 27, 2023. This is the 21th edition of the Holiday Classic, again featuring three boys’ Varsity, Junior Varsity and Freshman games - all for one admission price of $5. […]

todayDecember 21, 2023

African American Culture

State debt forgiveness positions Muskegon Heights schools for a stronger future

MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI – With a stroke of Governor Whitmer’s pen, Muskegon Heights Public Schools’ (MHPS) state debt was forgiven Monday, positioning the community’s K-12 schools for future success.                 As part of a recent budget supplemental signed into law, Muskegon Heights Public Schools is among a handful of districts across the state to receive debt forgiveness. Gov. Whitmer signed House Bill 4292 and Senate Bill 174, providing $114 million in school district emergency loan debt relief for 5 districts. Muskegon […]

todayDecember 21, 2023 1

African American Culture

The I AM Her Campaign is changing lives in Ghana, West Africa

Exciting news! The empowering I AM Her campaign kicked off back in 2019 as a heartfelt conversation between Paul Allen Billings aka Chief Nana Nyansa’s eldest daughter, Monica, and the inspiring young girls of the Abeadze Kyeakor Village. This exchange sparked a movement to uplift and improve the lives of these extraordinary girls within the village. The incredible I AM Her campaign is all about delivering essential sanitary products to these young girls, and over the past four years, thousands […]

todayDecember 20, 2023

African American Culture

MCC President Dale K. Nesbary Receives Living Legend Award

Dr. Dale K. Nesbary Muskegon Community College President Dale K. Nesbary received the 2021 Muskegon BEAT Living Legend Award, presented by the Muskegon-based urban radio station 103.7 The Beat, on Nov. 27 at the VanDyk Mortgage Convention Center in downtown Muskegon. “He now joins that elite list of individuals whose actions and body of work have impacted our lives forever,” said Paul Billings, the station’s founder and general manager. The fifth recipient of the award, Nesbary is in his 13th […]

todayDecember 1, 2021

Education

Muskegon Heights Public Schools: Commitment to Partnership and Responsible Transition Post-RTAB

May 24, 2021  Muskegon Heights Public School Academy System (“System”)  c/o Board of Directors  2441 Sanford St  Muskegon Heights, MI 49444  Re: Commitment to Partnership and Responsible Transition Post-RTAB  Dear System Board, Administrators and Staff:  Last Wednesday’s decision by the Muskegon Heights Receivership Transition Advisory Board  (“RTAB”) to recommend to Governor Gretchen Whitmer that she dissolve the RTAB, and in effect  oversight over our district, was a welcomed surprise to all of us who agree that the constitutional  responsibility of […]

todayMay 28, 2021 1